TORONTO, Ontario, Canada -- Mayo Clinic pulmonary researchers have designed and tested a new patient education computer program intended to help people with asthma manage their disease. The program ...

For a long time, doctors thought of asthma as just one disease. But they now realize there’s more to the story. They’ve started to think of asthma like a collection of conditions, with differences ...

What Is an Asthma Attack? An asthma attack is a sudden worsening of asthma symptoms caused by the tightening of muscles around your airways. This tightening is called a bronchospasm. During the asthma ...

Whether working at K-12 schools, colleges or hospitals, scenario-based training exercises, often referred to as tabletop exercises, are an effective way to improve campus safety and security. They ...

More children could wind up in hospital emergency rooms suffering from allergy-induced asthma if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise and cause longer oak pollen seasons, according to a new study ...

Asthma is a chronic lung condition that causes breathing difficulties, wheezing, and chest tightness. Some people with asthma use yoga as part of their treatment plan. Yoga is a practice that focuses ...

As many as 1,230 cases of childhood asthma in Barcelona--48% of the total--could be attributable to air pollution each year. This is the main conclusion of a new study led by the Barcelona Institute ...

In a recent study published in Nature Communications, researchers evaluated the impact of the United Kingdom (UK) Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) on childhood asthma hospital admission rates in ...

Mayo Clinic pulmonary researchers have designed and tested a new patient education computer program intended to help people with asthma manage their disease. Overall, the computer-based experience was ...